Month: December 2021

New Mexico Wild and other nonprofit conservation organizations today are cheering the New Mexico State Legislature for passing a budget that includes approximately $43.5 million from the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to conserve New Mexico’s public lands and waters, improve equitable access to outdoor spaces and address a backlog of maintenance projects … Historic $43.5 million conservation investment heading to Governor’s desk

Conservation groups today applauded New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham for announcing that her administration will pursue much-needed funding for state conservation programs through a general obligation bond. The unprecedented funding proposal, if approved by the state legislature and voters, would support jobs across the state, offer access to federal conservation funding, increase equitable outdoor … Groups Celebrate Governor Lujan Grisham’s Long-Term Funding Proposal for Conservation

By Mark Allison, New Mexico Wild Executive Director and Jesse Deubel, New Mexico Wildlife Federation Executive Director Albuquerque Journal | November 29, 2021 The next few months are critical for New Mexico to make high-level spending decisions. While lawmakers rightly prioritize such issues as education and crime, land and water conservation funding suffers disproportionately from a … Now is the time to address conservation needs

Adrian Hedden | Carlsbad Current Argus December 10, 2021 A budget proposed in the New Mexico House of Representatives included funding for numerous environmental initiatives like outdoor recreation and cleaning up abandoned oil and gas wells. The State House Appropriations and Finance Committee brought forth House Bill 2 during a Tuesday meeting which would define the … New Mexico’s American Rescue Plan funds could support environment, infrastructure

The Gila River and the surrounding region have been home to Indigenous people and other traditional communities for centuries, and now for all of those folks under the United States since 1912. This river along with The San Francisco River and The Mimbres River were just proposed for Wild and Scenic River protection under federal … The Gila: river, place, family